Ancient Wisdom: Gifts of the Earth

Ninth Wave Arts welcomes Zacciah Blackburn of Sunreed, an accomplished and gifted intuitive, teacher, and sound healer, trained in classical healing, shamanic traditions and sacred sound cultures. He teaches internationally and practices in Vermont, USA, at the Sunreed Center. 

Over the coming months we’ll be sharing his wisdom through a series of articles. 

The Hidden Treasures (the Termas): What Awaits Us?

Gifts, Dormant, in the Earth

by Zacciah Blackburn

The richness of the gifts.
Gifts of the Earth.
They await us. Those ready and able to see into the Living Consciousness of the Earth.
Those ready, able to see the breathing Cosmos in the tree and vine, the rushing waters, the snow perched on treetops, the sunlight veiled in the winds...
Those able to recognize their mortal and immortal selves reflected in the water, in the ashes, in the Earth.
Those ready to breathe again, in unison, in harmony, in joy with her precious wonder, her joyful benevolence and grace.
The Earth is alive.
Did we not know it?

Have we not been told the ancient stories?
Had we ears to listen?
The Earth is Alive.

And the Ancestors, the Ancient Ones, and Living Elders, have shared with us, the stories, the wisdom, the Realities.
The Earth is Alive.
We are her cousins. Her children. Her prophets. Her Ancient Ones. Her people.

The Earth is Alive.
Come we here to sit again, to listen, and observe.
Come we here to feel the pulse and rhythm again; we shall know, the Mysteries buried herein.

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The Termas

There is an ancient way of knowing, buried in the mysteries of the Earth. I will refer to these, as the Termas.

The Termas is a Tibetan term for the ancient mysteries buried in the Earth or the Subtle Realms, waiting for us to uncover them; for those, the Tertons, ready and able to do so, when the Time is Ripe. We all have this potential.

The Time is Ripe. Nearly every culture on the planet has prophecies relating to this Time. This Time of Great Awakening. This Time of Meeting Ourselves Again. This Time that is the End of Time as We Know It. The Tibetan understanding of the Termas goes far beyond this, but I will, respectfully use it in this article to speak to the nature of the Hidden Mysteries awaiting us, in the natural world, in ancient sites, and in the many Mysteries which these sites open through the Gateways of Consciousness embedded in them.

What fewer of us may know, is that the Ancient Ones, the Wise Ones of so many ancient cultures, also, created methods of preserving their ancient knowledge that defies modern thinking or science. The Termas speaks very specifically to this, but there are other cultures who have their own way of speaking to these mysteries.

The Termas, in Tibetan culture, are primarily attributed to Lord Padmasambhava, a holy man very instrumental in the establishment of Buddhism in Tibet. During a time of repression of the Buddhist teachings, he chose to hide away sacred texts in secret locations, as well as knowledge in the mind or subtle realms of realization. These teachings would be preserved until a worthy one, a Terton, in a later time, would discover them, when the time was ripe to re-introduce the knowledge contained in them. They could be found in their physical location, those in physical form, or through subtle realm awareness, a more difficult task for many, but available to any who cultivate mindful realization. Some teachings state that the Termas were always in the Terton's mind, simply awaiting ripening of the mind, to align with its essential nature.

Many cultures speak of the same essential teachings, the Hidden Wisdom, whether it was the Egyptians embedding their knowledge in the alignments and geometries of the Great Pyramids or in the hidden doorway to knowledge (in the subtle realms,) between the paws of the Great Sphinx, leading into the Halls of Amenti. Many believe, and there is evidence, this Hall of Records exists in real time and space in a chamber beneath the Sphinx.  

The Peruvians believe the Great Mystik Inka, Amaru Muru, entered the Stone Portal now called Amaru Muru, with the hidden teachings of the Great Golden Solar Disk, preserved since Lemurian times, to safeguard it from the Spanish during their conquest. This, by the way, is the Peruvian natives' ancient oral history, not a recently cultivated story.  

The Teotihuacan peoples hid their mysteries in the "Invisible Books" in the Great Temples of Central Mexico. One of their culture's current Wisdom Keepers, Dabadi Thaayrohyadi, guided me, through sacred ceremony, in the living room of my home in Vermont, into, and through, the Gateways of this sacred temple, past the ancient Guardian Stone Beings, to enter this Library of Knowledge.  

The interesting thing is, this occurred to me, in very real terms, just months before. The living Wisdom Keepers of one of the Ancient Stone Chambers of Central Vermont took me into their Libraries of Knowledge, hidden, or contained, within the stones of the chamber itself, utilizing exactly the same techniques of the hidden mysteries, to enter this Gateway, or portal, pass the threshold beyond the Guardians, into other worldly understanding. What occurred next is beyond normal human understanding, or easy articulation, but, I, and those with me, simultaneously experienced an incredible re-alignment of our reality, as we experienced this small 20'x10'x7' stone chamber become a great temple complex, embedded with this Library of Knowledge, of the ancient cultures who built this simple temple complex in what is now the outback of Vermont.

To be continued … stay tuned for more next month! 

Zacciah Blackburn

Zacciah shares authentic trainings in the nature of human consciousness, explorations into the Shamanic worlds of Earth Energies & awareness, and teachings on the nature of sound and sacred sound practices, as a therapeutic healing modality.  His in-depth understanding provides life transforming experiences into the authentic nature, being, and wellness of who we are as spiritual beings and how to develop that nature.

You can find out more about his and his partner, Dorothy Stone's work at: sunreed.com

For those that would like to experience Zacciah's work in person, he and his partner Dorothy Stone will be offering a Sound & Consciousness Retreat in Vermont in July.